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2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions

This area consists of course descriptions in an alphabetical order that parallels the order used in the Schedule of Classes. Because of certain groupings of courses by sponsoring departments, you will find some cross-references, such as Statistics (STAT)-See Mathematical Sciences.

Standard information for each course includes the number, title, and credits (sometimes called credit hours or semester hours). For some courses, you will find information about the hours of laboratory or studio for which the course is scheduled during each week of a regular semester; these weekly hours are expanded during summer sessions. Fees for courses are assessed on the basis of credits and other factors.

V.T. (Variable Title) is shown for courses approved for variable titles. The title used for the course may be changed to specify the topic or other special focus of each offering of the course.

The course numbering system generally suggests levels of difficulty and appropriateness. Undergraduate courses eligible for graduate credit have numbers below 500. Courses at the 500 level in Purdue University departments are open to both advanced undergraduate and graduate students; other courses numbered 500 and above are generally open only to graduate students.

Preparation for courses is indicated as follows:

P: Indicates a prerequisite that must precede your enrollment in the course described. You may find one or more specific course numbers, the number of credits you should already have in a subject, or other conditions.

C: Indicates a corequisite that must be taken no later than the same semester you take the course described.

R: Indicates a recommendation concerning conditions to be met for enrollment in the course.

When no subject code is shown for prerequisites, corequisites, and recommended courses, they are in the same subject area as the course being described. If you lack a prerequisite or corequisite, you may seek the instructor’s consent to enroll in the course.

Session indicators (fall, spring, summer) suggest the times at which courses are generally offered. However, scheduling patterns may vary.

IPFW reserves the right to add, withdraw, or change courses without notice.
 
  

  • ENGL 54501 - British Fiction 1800-1900

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 54801 - 20th Century British Poetry

    20th Century British Poetry.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 54901 - 20th Century British Fiction

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 55101 - American Literature 1800-1865

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 55201 - American Literature 1865-1914

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 55401 - American Literature since 1914

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 55501 - American Fiction to 1900

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 55601 - 20th Century American Fiction

    American fiction since 1900, including such writers as Dreiser, Lewis, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 55701 - Recent Writing

    May be repeated once for credit under a different topic.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 56001 - Studies in British and American Writers

    May be repeated once for credit under a different topic.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 56501 - Theories and Practices of Editing

    Students will examine textual and literary approaches to editing given particular rhetorical contexts. Emphasis will be placed on how to make editorial judgments that promote editorial standards without violating authorial intent.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 56601 - Survey of Children’s Literature

    Survey of literature for children and adolescents from the Medieval period to the present.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 56701 - Writing for Multiple Media

    Introduces principles and practices of multimedia design and implementation, with emphasis on writing in multimedia contexts. Students will consider ways that new media affect the production and reception of writing and its relationship to other forms of communication (e.g., oral and visual).

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 56801 - Topics in Children’s Literature

    Study of a period, a genre, or a group of writers. May be repeated once for credit under a different topic.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 57201 - Composing the Self

    Study of the ways in which language underlies ways in which our identities are formed, sustained, and reformed, particularly with respect to gender, race, class, and sexuality. Focus on both exploratory and polished writing as well as works by various authors.

    Cr. 3
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 57301 - Studies in Women and Literature

    Women writers and literary representations of women.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 57501 - Studies in American Ethnic and Minority Literature and Culture

    May be repeated once for credit under a different topic.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 57601 - Writers Reading

    Investigation of how writers, readers, and texts are shaped within the contexts of literature, composition, and professional writing. Focus on using current conventions more consciously and flexibly to generate new ways of reading and writing that better serve our specific needs, desires, and goals.

    Cr. 3
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 58801 - Irish Literature and Culture

    Study of one writer, a group of writers, a period, or a genre. May be repeated once for credit under a different topic.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 59001 - Internship in Writing

    A supervised internship in uses of language in the workplace. Evaluations by workplace supervisor and reports to faculty supervisor including a portfolio of completed assignments and an evaluation of the internship experience are required.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 60101 - History of Rhetoric

    Development of rhetorical theory from Plato to the present, including the influence of historical rhetoric on present-day composition theory.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 60201 - Contemporary Theories of Composition

    Current research in rhetoric and composition. Draws on insights from linguistic theory, cognitive theory, and rhetorical theory to develop greater understanding of the writing process and build pedagogical applications.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 60501 - Critical Theory

    Survey of contemporary critical approaches to literary, language, and rhetorical studies.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 61101 - Writing Fiction

    Preparation for Course
    P:  ENGL 51101 or permission of the instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    May be repeated once for credit.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 62301 - Literacy & Family History Research

    Define and theorize concepts of community, family, and family history writing, using ethnographic and archival research methodologies. Explore theories of narrative, story, and materiality in relation to family identity formation.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • ENGL 63101 - Milton

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 64201 - Romantic Literature

    Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, and other writers of the British Romantic movement.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 64300 - Victorian Literature

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 65101 - Major American Writers 1700-1855

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 65300 - Major American Writers 1855 to the Present

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 68001 - Special Topics in Literary Study and Theory

    Readings in sociological, political, psychological, and other approaches to literature. May be repeated once for credit under a different topic.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 68002 - Special Studies in British and American Literature

    May be repeated for credit under a different topic.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 68003 - Special Studies in Rhetoric and Composition

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    May be repeated once for credit under a different topic.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 68200 - Topics in Rhetoric and Composition

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    May be repeated once for credit under a different topic.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 69500 - Individual Readings in English

    Independent study.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 69700 - Independent Study in Writing

    Preparation for Course
    P: permission of instructor.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGL 69901 - Master’s Thesis

    Cr. 3-6.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • ENGR 58000 - Engineering Optimization

    Concentrates on recognizing and salving convex optimization problems that arise in engineering. Convex sets, functions, and optimizations problems. Basics of convex analysis. Least-squares, linear and quadratic programs, semidefinite programming, minmax, external volume, and other problems, optimality conditions, duality theory, theorems of alternative, and applications. Inter-point methods. Applications to signal processing, control, digital and analog circuit design, computational geometry, statistics, finance, and engineering.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Dual Credit, Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • ENGR 59500 - Selected Topics in Engineering

    This course number serves as a means to offer one-time, interdisciplinary specialty topics in engineering such as engineering optimization, design, innovation, engineering management, and infrared radiometry (an interdisciplinary topic that is relevant to a local employer). It will also be used as a vehicle for the Engineering Department to develop new interdisciplinary engineering curriculum offerings.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • ENGR 69800 - Master of Science in Enginering (M.S.E.) Thesis Research

    This course number will be used to offer credit for original research in systems engineering leading to their preparation of a thesis or dissertation. Project will be supervised by a faculty member after bring approved by the Engineering Department thesis committee and after project initiation, thesis projects will be periodically reviewed by the thesis committee.

    Cr. 1-18.
  

  • FNR 50500 - Molecular Ecology and Evolution

    Lectures cover the genetic attributes of both conventional and contemporary molecule markers. Discussions focus primarily on the use of DNA-0based markers to address conceptual issues in ecology and evolutionary biology (e.g., mating systems, systematics, phylogeography).

    Preparation for Course
    P: BIOL 21800, one semester of biochemistry is recommended.

    Cr. 3
  

  • FNR 52300 - Aquaculture

    Historical perspectives and current practices in aquaculture, including production systems, feeds, water quality requirements, and diseases of 0commercially important species.

    Preparation for Course
    P: BIOL 21700 and 21900 or permission of instructor.

    Cr. 3
  

  • FOLK 51200 - Survey of Folklore

    Content and scope of folk belief and tradition: various genres (tale, legend, myth, and ballad) and approaches to folklore. Folklore of both literate and nonliterate peoples.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • FOLK 60000 - Asian Folklore/Folk Music

    Folk religion, material culture, social customs, oral literature, and folk music of Asian societies. Relationship between political movements and the use of folklore scholarship. Transformations of traditions in modern contexts. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • FOLK 64000 - Native American Folklore/ Folk Music

    Comparative examination of various verbal, musical, and dance forms of Native American societies in North and South America. Examination of contributions of folklore and ethnomusicological scholarship to Native American studies. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • FR 44301 - 19th Century Novel I

    Mme. de Stael, Balzac, Stendhal, and others.

    Preparation for Course
    P: FR 30500 and 30600.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • FR 45001 - Colloquium in French Studies

    Emphasis on one topic, author, or genre. May be repeated up to a maximum of 9 credits.

    Preparation for Course
    P: FR 30500 or 30600 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 2-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • FR 45300 - Litterature Contemporaine I

    20th century French literature.

    Preparation for Course
    P: FR 30500 or 30600 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • FR 46300 - Civilisation Francaise I

    French civilization from medieval period through 17th century. Readings in French.

    Preparation for Course
    P: 6 credits in French at the 300 level or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • FR 47400 - Theme et Version

    Translation of selected passages, alternating between English and French, to teach students to write with precision and clarity in both languages

    Preparation for Course
    P: FR 31700 or 31800 or 33001.

    Cr. 2-3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • FVS 50200 - Genre Study in Film

    Topic varies: major periods of film history and their relationship to the intellectual and social climate of the time; studies in genres or individual artists; studies of technology and modes of production; close reading of major works of film theory; new developments in theory and criticism.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3,
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • GEOG 31500 - Environmental Conservation

    Conservation of natural resources, including soil, water, wildlife, and forests as interrelated components of the environment, emphasizing an ecological approach. Current problems relating to environmental quality. This course satisfies conservation requirement for teachers.

    Preparation for Course
    P: two college-level science courses including GEOG 10700 or EAPS 10001 or 10300 or written consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • GER 40400 - Deutsche Literatur seit der Romantik

    Historical survey of major literary developments from young Germany to recent writing in German-speaking Europe.

    Preparation for Course
    P: 6 credits of 30500, 30600, or 30701.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • GER 45100 - Introduction to the Structure of Modern German

    Morphology (including principles of word-formation) and syntax of modern German, with a practical introduction to the methods of grammatical analysis. Brief sketch of the evolution of standard language.

    Preparation for Course
    P: 6 credits of 300-level work in German or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 30101 - Colonial America

    Social, cultural, economic, political, and religious developments in colonial American from first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans through the early eighteenth century. Special topics include colonization, migration, slavery, Atlantic Trade and representative government.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 30201 - Revolutionary America

    Political, economic, religious, social, and cultural history of the American Revolution and the birth of the nation. Special topics cover the nature of the revolution, the experience and effects of the crisis on different members of society, including women, native peoples, and African-Americans, and the meanings of the American Revolution for contemporaries and their decedents.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 30302 - The United States from 1789 to 1865 I

    I. 1789-1840: Growth of national political institutions from Washington to Jackson; international conflicts, War of 1812, territorial expansion; political, economic, intellectual, social foundations of age of common man; antebellum reform. II. 1840-1865: Slavery, antislavery movement, Mexican War, sectional crises of 1850s, Civil War.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 31301 - Origins of Modern America

    Reconstruction, industrialism, immigration, urbanism, culture, foreign policy, progressivism, and World War I.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 31401 - Recent U.S. History I 1917-1945

    The 1920s, the Depression, New Deal, with interpretive readings in politics, diplomacy, economics, society, thought, literature of the period, and World War II.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 31501 - Recent U.S. History II 1945-Present

    World War II, Cold War, problems of contemporary America; economic, social, political, and diplomatic.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 34201 - Latin America: Evolution and Revolution

    Hispanic America since independence, with emphasis on common problems of nation-building in multi-racial former colonial societies; latifundia; dependency relationships; impact of industrialization; the conservative and revolutionary responses; 1810-present.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 34501 - American Diplomatic History I

    American diplomacy from 1775 to 1823; diplomacy of American continental expansion to 1898. America as a world power. Involvement in Far Eastern affairs after 1898, diplomacy of World Wars I and II, developments to present.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T. for A346)
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 35102 - Barbarian Europe 200-1000

    Evolution of European civilization from the fall of Rome, development of Christianity and the Germanic invasions; through Charlemagne’s Empire and the subsequent development of feudalism, manorialism, and papacy.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 35202 - The Age of Chivalry 1000-1500

    Expansion of European culture and institutions: chivalry, Crusades, rise of towns, universities, Gothic architecture, law, and revival of central government. Changes in late medieval Europe: famine, plague, Hundred Years’ War, peasant revolt, crime, Inquisition, and heresy.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 35501 - Europe: Louis XIV to French Revolution

    Absolutism to enlightened despotism; the European state and its authority in fiscal, judicial, and military affairs; sources, content, and diffusion of the Enlightenment; agriculture, commerce, and industry in preindustrial economies; Old Regime France.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 36102 - Europe in the 20th Century

    Diplomatic, economic, intellectual, military, political, and social developments within Europe from World War I to World War II.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 38801 - Roman History

    Development of the history of the Roman people from legendary origins through the regal period, the Republic, the Early Empire, and the Late Empire, closing with the reign of Justinian (A.D. 527-565).

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 39301 - Ottoman History

    Political, social, and economic developments in the Ottoman Empire from the rise of its power in Anatolia (1299) to the end of the classical period (1826). Evolution of Ottoman institutions and relations with major European powers.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 40201 - Byzantine History and Civilization II

    History of the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1453; survey of cultural, demographic, and political developments prior to 867; Orthodoxy and the conceptual foundations of state organization; civil and military aristocracy; social and economic conditions; foreign policy: rival states and war, Latin invasion, imperial restoration, and Ottoman conquest; the byzantine cultural legacy in the East.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit.
  

  • HIST 42501 - Topics in History

    Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope from the perspective of arts and humanities. Topics will vary but will ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    May be repeated for credit.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 43200 - 20th Century Latin American Revolutions

    Revolutions, revolutionary movements, rapid social change, and modernization from Battle through Menem. Particular attention to the Mexican, Cuban, Bolivian, Guatemalan, Costa Rican, and Nicaraguan revolutions, to the Peron, Vargas, and Velasco Alvarado administrations and Cold War confrontations.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • HIST 57701 - History Of American Sports

    This course is an exploration of the interplay of social, cultural, economic, and political forces producing an American sporting culture from 1607 to the present.  It examines the ways social class, race, gender, ethnicity and region have influenced American sport.  This graduate course uniquely features a survey of appropriate historiography.

    Cr. 3
  

  • HIST 59901 - Topics In History

    Intensive study and analysis of selected issues and problems of limited scope. Topics will vary but will ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods.  May be repeated for up to 12 credits.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T)
  

  • IT 50700 - Measurement and Evaluation in Industry and Technology

    An introduction to measurement strategies in industrial, technical, and human resource development environments. The evaluation of measurement outcomes will be the primary focus of the course.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Dual-Level, Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • IT 50800 - Quality and Productivity in Industry and Technology

    Examines the contemporary issues of continuous improvement in quality and productivity in manufacturing and service industries. Includes a close examination of the evolving philosophies bearing on the scope, improvement, and costs of quality assurance programs in industry and technology.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Dual-Level, Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • IT 59000 - Special Problems in Industrial Technology

    Independent study of a special problem under the guidance of a member of the staff (or, student’s academic advisor). Does not substitute for either M.S. thesis or M.S. project credit.

    Cr. 1-6.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • IT 59800 - Directed MS Project

    A formal investigation of a particular problem under the guidance of the advisory committee. Not applicable to a thesis option plan of study. Enrollment during at least two consecutive terms for a total of three credits is required. May be repeated for credit.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Notes
    Departmental permission required.
  

  • LBST 50000 - Graduate Project

    Independent project to be undertaken in consultation with graduate advisor. This project requires students to demonstrate mastery of some specific topic or medium of expression.

    Cr. 3-6.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LBST 50100 - Humanities Seminar

    An interdisciplinary graduate seminar in the humanities

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated with different topic for a maximum of 9 credits.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LBST 50200 - Social Science Seminar

    An interdisciplinary graduate seminar in the social sciences.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated with different topic for a maximum of 9 credits.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LBST 50300 - Science Seminar

    An interdisciplinary graduate seminar in the sciences.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated with different topic for a maximum of 9 credits.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LBST 51000 - Introduction To Graduate Liberal Studies

    A comprehensive introduction to graduate liberal studies. Explores the cultures of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, investigates interdisciplinary methodologies. Offers strategies for graduate-level reading, research, and writing for other publics.

    Cr. 3-4.
  

  • LBST 60000 - Topics in Liberal Studies

    Intensive study of a major issue in the humanities, social sciences, or sciences. Interdisciplinary approach, seminar format. Individual project required. Specific topic announced in Schedule of Classes. May be repeated with different topic for a maximum of 9 credits.

    Preparation for Course
    P: Completion of two 500-level LBST seminars or permission of program director.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LING 43000 - Language Change and Variation

    Basic principles of diachronic linguistics. The comparative method. Phonological and morphological development. Growth of lexicon.

    Preparation for Course
    R: 10300 or 30300.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit
  

  • LING 50500 - Professional Scholarship in Language Study and Linguistics

    Training in the practices of professional scholarship in language study, focused on research and presentation approaches necessary for participating in the primary sub-fields of linguistics. Also provides coherent, structured introduction to the study of language itself.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • LING 51101 - Methods and Materials for TESOL 1

    This course provides an overview of teaching English to speakers of other languages with an emphasis on methodology, examining different approaches, techniques, and various instructional options in light of different teaching contexts and learners’ needs.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LING 51201 - Methods and Materials for TESOL 2

    This course aims at enhancing participants’ understanding of theoretical principles underlying the preparation of ESL instructional materials as well as course participants’ knowledge and skills in materials preparation and effective implementation. It also addresses issues related to course design, content selection and organizing, and language assessment.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LING 53201 - Second Language Acquisition

    A survey of the major theories of first and second language learning and their potential applications to language development strategies.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LING 53500 - TESOL Practicum

    Under supervision, students teach English as a second language to adult learners. The course also provides experience in testing, placement, and materials preparation. Classroom lectures focus on issues related to the art and profession of language teaching.

    Preparation for Course
    C: Linguistic Resources and The Teaching of English as Second Language.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LING 54300 - Syntactic Analysis

    An examination of the methods and argumentation used in syntactic analysis conducted within the framework of generative grammar. Emphasis on constructing and evaluating grammatical analyses and promoting critical understanding of the generative framework.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LING 55000 - Corpus Linguistics

    This course equips language teachers to use corpus linguistics to inform their teaching and/or bring corpus linguistics into the second/foreign language classroom.  Non-TENL students are welcome and the course can be adjusted to fit their needs, as well. (Namely, an alternative to the mini-lesson requirement can be offered, and the corpus of such students can consist of any text or transcribed speech in any language).  No experience with corpus linguistics, programming or statistics is assumed. The first half is an overview of corpus linguistics (history, tools, methods, corpora). The second half covers the relevance of corpus methods for language teaching and linguistics research in general. You will walk away with from this class with your own mini-corpus that you may build on in the future. Graduate students read primary sources (in addition to the course readings) and are expected to be especially mindful of theroetical theoretical and methodological considerations behind corpus-building and corpus linguistics (in the readings and regarding their own corpus), and to express their understanding of these considerations orally and in writing.

    Preparation for Course
    P:  LING 10300 and 30300 or permission of Instructor required.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • LING 57500 - Introduction to Linguistic Theory

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LING 59001 - Linguistic Structure

    Analysis of particular aspects of the structure of a language or of a group of closely related languages. Methods used may include text analysis, informant work, study of secondary sources, lectures, and reports.

    Preparation for Course
    P: consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LING 61901 - Language and Society

    Relationship between geographical and historical factors and dialectal differentiation and spread of linguistic features. Evaluation of linguistic atlases; practical training in collection of dialect data.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • LING 69001 - Advanced Readings in Linguistics

    Preparation for Course
    P: consent of instructor.

    Cr. 1-4.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Graduate Level
  

  • MA 51000 - Vector Calculus

    Calculus of functions of several variables and of vector fields in orthogonal coordinate systems; optimization problems; the implicit function theorem; Green’s, Stokes’, and the Divergence theorems; applications to engineering and the physical sciences.

    Preparation for Course
    P: 26100 (or 26300).

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Note: Prerequisites in mathematics and statistics are intended as a guide and may be satisfied through completion of equivalent or more advanced courses. Consent of the course instructor can substitute for completion of specified prerequisites, and students are invited to discuss their eligibility for enrollment with their advisors or the instructor of the course.
    Dual Level Course
    Dual Level, Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • MA 51100 - Linear Algebra with Applications

    Real and complex vector spaces; linear transformations; Gram-Schmidt process and projections; least squares; QR and LU factorization; diagonalization, real and complex spectral theorem; Schur triangular form; Jordan canonical form; quadratic forms.

    Preparation for Course
    P: 35100.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Note: Prerequisites in mathematics and statistics are intended as a guide and may be satisfied through completion of equivalent or more advanced courses. Consent of the course instructor can substitute for completion of specified prerequisites, and students are invited to discuss their eligibility for enrollment with their advisors or the instructor of the course.
    Dual Level Course
    Dual Level, Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • MA 52100 - Introduction to Optimization Problems

    Necessary and sufficient conditions for local extrema in programming problems and in the calculus of variations. Control problems, statement of maximum principles, and applications. Discrete control problems.

    Preparation for Course
    P: 51000, and 35100 or 51100.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Note: Prerequisites in mathematics and statistics are intended as a guide and may be satisfied through completion of equivalent or more advanced courses. Consent of the course instructor can substitute for completion of specified prerequisites, and students are invited to discuss their eligibility for enrollment with their advisors or the instructor of the course.
    Dual Level Course
    Dual Level, Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • MA 52300 - Introduction To Partial Diffenential Equations

    First order quasi-linear equations and their application to physical and social sciences; the Cauchy-Kovalevsky theorem; characteristics, classification, and canonical form of linear equations; equations of mathematical physics; study of the Laplace, wave, and heat equations; methods of solution.

    Preparation for Course
    P: MA 26100 or 26300 and MA 36300.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • MA 52500 - Introduction to Complex Analysis

    Complex numbers and complex-valued functions of one variable; differentiation and contour integration; Cauchy’s theorem; Taylor and Laurent series; residues; conformal mapping; applications.

    Preparation for Course
    P: 26300 or 44100 or 51000.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Note: Prerequisites in mathematics and statistics are intended as a guide and may be satisfied through completion of equivalent or more advanced courses. Consent of the course instructor can substitute for completion of specified prerequisites, and students are invited to discuss their eligibility for enrollment with their advisors or the instructor of the course.
    Dual Level Course
    Dual Level, Undergraduate-Graduate
 

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